Following India’s exit from the World Cup after losing against New Zealand in semi-finals, a picture post has surfaced on the internet according to which BCCI has cancelled MS Dhoni’s retirement from all formats and he will be playing the next ODI tournament.
The text on the picture read: “BCCI cancels Dhoni’s retirement from all formats and appoints Dhoni as the former captain of Indian team from next ODI series.”
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be false.
Firstly, after India’s exit from the World Cup, MS Dhoni has not announced retirement and there has been no information from BCCI about cancelling Dhoni’s retirement from other formates of cricket as he retired from test cricket in 2014.
Moreover, BCCI recently announced the squad for the upcoming series against West Indies in which MS Dhoni has been rested for all three formats.
India’s squad for 2 Tests: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
Hence, the above information proves that viral claims are False.
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